Micha-el Institute

Bringing Anthroposophy to the Community
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Teacher Deepening Conference

July 5th through 10th, 2008
The course begins 7:00pm on Saturday and finishes at 12:00 noon Thursday

 

Download a Summer Course Application here.


Course Topics:

 

Grade 5

 

  • Child Development
  • Speech
  • Movement
  • Singing
  • Choroi C Flutes & Recorders
  • Ancient History
  • The Glory that was Greece
  • Freehand Geometry
  • Plants and Humankind
  • Decimal Fractions
  • Chalkboard Drawing & Writing
  • Greek & Grammar
  • Geography
  • Figure Drawing
  • Painting - wet-on-wet
  • Clay Modeling
  • Olympiad

 

“Children in Grade 5 attain a harmony of their inner and outer worlds just as humans did in Ancient Greece in the harmony of body and soul. Every Greek Sculpture loudly proclaims this harmony.”

~ John Miles, 2007

 

Grade 6

 

  • Child Development
  • Speech
  • Movement
  • Aims in teaching
  • Singing
  • Choroi C Flutes Soprano and Alto
  • Roman History
  • Medieval History
  • Business Math
  • Introducing Algebra
  • Artistic Geometry
  • Geography
  • Rocks and Minerals
  • Physics
  • Grammar
  • Still life drawing
  • Black and White Drawing
  • Shadow Drawing
  • Veil Painting

 

“The pupil approaching the twelfth year is ready for what could be called the explanatory approach. Now cause and effect enter general considerations and content can be given which will stretch the powers of reasoning.”

~ Rudolf Steiner, January 3, 1922

 

Grade 7

 

  • Child Development
  • Speech/Movement
  • Aims in Teaching
  • Singing
  • Soprano, Alto & Tenor Recorders
  • Age of Discovery
  • Areas & Geometry
  • Astronomy
  • Wish, Wonder & Surprise
  • Algebra
  • Physiology
  • Chemistry:   Combustion & Salts
  • Levers & Pulleys
  • Electricity & Magnetism
  • Still Life Drawing
  • Geography
  • Veil Painting
  • Perspective Drawing
  • Painting:  Landscapes & Seascapes
  • Black & White Drawing

 

“From the age of twelve until the time of puberty, the pupil should learn to appreciate the dialectical aspect of language, he should develop the faculty of convincing another person through his command of language.”

~ Rudolf Steiner, January 3, 1922

 

Grade 8

 

  • Child Development
  • Speech/Movement
  • Aims in Teaching
  • Singing
  • Choroi C Flutes/Recorder Consort
  • Shakespeare
  • Hydrology & Pneumatology
  • Algebra
  • Solid Geometry
  • History of Inventions
  • Geography: Bestriding the World
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Meteorology
  • Physiology:skeleton & the eye.
  • Still Life Drawing
  • Black & White Drawing
  • Veil Painting
  • Painting:  Landscapes & Seascapes

“One has to be able to convince the adolescent through the sheer weight of one’s indisputable knowledge and expertise and by giving him waterproof reasons for everything one does or expects of him.  If the pupil cannot see sound reasons in all the content given to him, he will begin to doubt the rightness of his previous life.” 
Rudolf Steiner—January 4th, 1922

 

 Evening Seminars:

"Inner Life of the Teacher" and

"Working with Parents and Colleagues"

  

Daily Timetable:

8:30

 9:15

11:15

 2:10-4:15pm

Movement and Speech

 First Main Lesson

 Second Main Lesson

 Afternoon Artistic Activities

Conference Fee:  $490

($430 if paid before June 15th)

 

Faculty Includes:

  • Christof Wiechert
  • John Miles
  • Wade Cavin
  • Valerie Miles
  • Virginia Berg
  • Jack Walsh
  • Diana Estep
  • Thesa Kallinikos

 Set reading for the course:

A Modern Art of Education—Rudolf Steiner lectures 4, 5 & 6 -

Available for $20 including shipping.

 Download a Summer Course Application here